This was a leftover dish that turned out quite nice. I have a bad habit of buying soup that I never actually eat in the winter, especially now that California winters mean no snow and minimal cold. I bought a container of vegan butternut squash soup from TJs sometime last December and never got around to eating it, so I started looking in to what I could do to use it in leftovers: pasta was both creative and more summer-friendly.

The truth is: I’m a lazy cook. I know it’s hard to believe with all the posts I have and all the food I cook, but I am always looking for shortcuts or ways to speed up the process or make it easier. This has led to some disasters: like putting a veggie bullion cube directly in the mix of water and other ingredients in the food processor rather than boiling/dissolving in water first, and leading to a graining/disgusting taste to vegan enchiladas once. But this short cut: making recipes of one pot pasta, has not failed me so far, and seems to be working.